Sweet Little Serena (Original)

Chapter 14

Simon was struggling to breathe through the extinguishing chemicals that came from the ceiling as he held Serena in his arms, so she wasn't lying in the knee-high cloud that rested on the ground.

A loud bang then drew his attention to where Isabelle stood outside the small window, using her whip to break down the bars.

"I'm getting seriously tired of saving your life."

"I am not," Simon grinned and Isabelle smiled before her gaze fell on her parabatai.

"Pass her to me. Gently."

Serena's mumbles were incoherent as Isabelle cradled her head, activating her iratze rune as Simon climbed out of the window.

"Can you carry her? We have to move," she asked, and the boy nodded as he effortlessly scooped up the blonde Shadowhunter.

Ask they walked through the misty pier, an unmistakable voice bellowed, "Serena!" and Alec came rushing forward as he took his wife from Simon who ran over to hug Clary.

"Did you activate her iratze?" Jace asked Izzy as Alec assessed the amount of blood coming from her head and abdomen.

"She's lost a lot of blood, I don't know if it'll heal her in time," Izzy said and Alec's heart rate doubled.

"We have to get her to Magnus," Alec said as he fumbled with the necklaces around her neck to find the right one. The glowing blue pendant, the same blue as Magnus's magic, the same pendant she and Izzy used to track him

Alec crushed it in his fist and his wife disappeared from his arms in a golden flash.

"Where did she go?!" Jace asked in shock, Izzy barely processing what just happened.

"Portal Pendant," Alec explained. "Magnus gave it to her as a wedding gift. Break it in times of emergency and she'd be portalled straight to him."

"Wait, my backpack, I think I left it back at the loft!" Clary exclaimed, drawing the trio's attention once more.

"We've got it," Izzy assured her.

"Ok, then let's get out of here!" Simon exclaimed and was about to run off when Isabelle stopped him.

"Don't make any fast movements," she warned, and pairs of green eyes began to appear through the fog as the wolves became visible.

"This can't be good," Jace said.

Alec drew his bow and arrow, Izzy brandishing her whip as Jace drew his seraph blade.

"We're surrounded," Alec announced as he stood on their six. "Stay together."

"Believe me, I am not going anywhere," Simon said.

"Everyone get back! That's the alpha leader!" Jace yelled as the biggest wolf charged at them.

"Jace behind-" Clary began to scream before another wolf appeared out of nowhere and tackled the alpha.

"He's challenging the alpha," Alec explained as the two fought viciously.

"He's trying to help us," Clary said.

"Or cutting in line to kill us," Simon pointed out.

It was then that the bright flash of white light signalled that the fight was over, and someone had shifted back.

"The alpha's dead," Izzy announced as she looked at the dead body on the floor.

The other wolf, the new alpha then appeared, transforming back into Lucien Greymark, his shirt torn, and abdomen slashed and bleeding.

"Luke," Clary said in disbelief and the wolves howled for their new alpha.

While Jace explained what was happening to Clary, Alec turned to his brother.

"We have to get Clary back to the Institute."

"She wants to help Luke and I'm going to help her," Jace declared as he shook Alec's hand off him.

Alec only looked at him in disgust.

"I have to report to Mom," he said before storming off, clothes still sticky with his wife's blood.

Izzy brandished her whip before it coiled back up her arm and she turned to Jace.

"Get your act together. You're hurting all of us."